Get a Telegram channel's latest messages API

One call returns the latest messages of one public Telegram channel as a plain list. One item is one channel post (text, html, media, view count). Our call asked for limit 5 and the answer held 6 items (4 shown plus the '… 2 more' marker). To get older messages, send the smallest id in the answer as the max_id parameter.

1 live route on Telegram, from $0.00003 per call. Every route below answered our last live test on 2026-10-06; the gateway re-tests them daily.

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Provider	Endpoint	Price	Tested
telegram-channelRapidAPI listing	Get latest messages`GET channel/message`	$0.00003$0.03 / 1k calls	✓ 2026-10-06pricing ↗

What it returns

From a real call to the route: telegram-channel.

[].idMessage id; use as max_id for older pages[].datePosting time, ISO 8601[].textMessage text[].htmlMessage as HTML[].viewsView count (string)[].authorAuthor/channel name[].link.urlLink preview URL[].link.titleLink preview title

Call it

HTTP with your key in x-api-key, or the call_endpoint tool of our MCP server.

GET /api/gw/rapidapi-telegram-channel/channel/message$0.00003 / call✓ working · tested 2026-10-060.37 s latency

Parameters

Parameter	Type		Notes
limit	number · query	optional	number of messages, maximization is 50 · default 5
max_id	number · query	optional	maximize message id, all the messages with a higher (newer) ID to this will be excluded. · default 999999999
channel	string · query	required	public channel name · default telegram

HTTP

curl "https://fetchapi.co/api/gw/rapidapi-telegram-channel/channel/message?limit=5&max_id=999999999&channel=telegram" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

MCP

call_endpoint("rapidapi-telegram-channel.get_latest_messages", {"limit": "5", "max_id": "999999999", "channel": "telegram"})

Real example answer (trimmed) · 2026-10-03

[
  {
    "id": "460",
    "date": "2026-08-26T19:12:34+00:00",
    "html": "<p>For all the info from today&#39;s update and a look back at <b>13 years of Telegram features</b> — check out our blog:<br/><a href=\"https://telegram.org/blog…",
    "link": {
      "url": "https://telegram.org/blog/welcome-messages-buttons-TG-13",
      "name": "Telegram",
      "title": "Welcome Messages, Buttons in Messages and Signed Gifts",
      "description": "Introducing Welcome Messages to greet new members of groups or channels, Buttons in Messages to make any text interactive, Inline Documents in Messages and much…"
    },
    "text": "For all the info from today's update and a look back at 13 years of Telegram features — check out our blog:https://telegram.org/blog/welcome-messages-buttons-TG…",
    "audio": {},
    "photo": {},
    "video": {},
    "views": "1630000",
    "author": "Telegram News",
    "button": {},
    "photos": [],
    "videos": [],
    "sticker": {},
    "…": "4 more fields"
  },
  {
    "id": "459",
    "date": "2026-08-26T19:12:24+00:00",
    "html": "<p><b>Signed Gifts.</b> You can now add <b>your signature</b> and a comment to gifts you buy via the <a href=\"https://t.me/telegram/382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"no…",
    "link": {},
    "text": "Signed Gifts. You can now add your signature and a comment to gifts you buy via the gift marketplace.August Features1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • More",
    "audio": {},
    "photo": {},
    "video": {
      "url": "https://cdn1.telesco.pe/file/6efb59a075.mp4?token=pHkZ4BVTj0U4D7UqaBXYFoTqA80o18qPLsp2FsYrH14WVMp2xPIXDDoqE6-rFwN9lEaCH6c9qznmIRwMDHF1UOtN1nzFee_6Hk0LAg_YILU3cs…",
      "caption": "Signed Gifts. You can now add your signature and a comment to gifts you buy via the gift marketplace.August Features1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • More"
    },
    "views": "1440000",
    "author": "Telegram News",
    "button": {},
    "photos": [],
    "videos": [
      {
        "url": "https://cdn1.telesco.pe/file/6efb59a075.mp4?token=pHkZ4BVTj0U4D7UqaBXYFoTqA80o18qPLsp2FsYrH14WVMp2xPIXDDoqE6-rFwN9lEaCH6c9qznmIRwMDHF1UOtN1nzFee_6Hk0LAg_YILU3cs…",
        "caption": "Signed Gifts. You can now add your signature and a comment to gifts you buy via the gift marketplace.August Features1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • More"
      }
    ],
    "sticker": {},
    "…": "4 more fields"
  },
  "… 2 more"
]

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